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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 759993
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/759993
HU44SE 8005 4755 4283
N60 10.0667 W1 8.5833
NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]
Lerwick [name: HU 475 415]
Loofa Bar [name: HU 474 422]
Holm of Cruester [name: HU 476 425].
Girdleness: [max. date] 1941
60' [length]. Depth 12 metres. Salvage attempt made 1942
Archive Ref: [nil cited]
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 994.
Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Divers Report
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 12
Orientation of keel/wreck = 160/340
Surveying Details
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A salvage attempt made in 1942.
22 November 1945. The wreck was reported in 8.5 metres, at a position bearing 007 degrees 648 metres from Loofa Baa beacon.
Report by Admiralty.
21 May 1980. The wreck was located and examined by divers on 12 December 1079 at 60 10 04N, 001 08 35W. The least echosounder depth was 8.1 metres in a general depth of 12mtrs. The divers reported an open hold barge, approximately 60 feet (18.2 metres) long and lying with its keel orientated 160/340 degree on fine sand. The highest point is the hatch cover at the south end. The depth measured by wire was 7.1 metres.
Report by HMS HECLA.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
GIRDLENESS, Barge, 60'. Wrecked at Holm of Cruester, Bressay Sound in November 1941. Depth 12 metres. Salvage attempt made 1942
Archive Ref:
Source: Shetland Archive Service [1998].
(Classified as Barge(?): no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as November 1941). Girdleness: this vessel sank after sinking Holm of Cruister [Cruester], Bressay Sound. Length: 18m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 10.07 W1 8.58).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location that is assigned to this record falls within the ill-defined area of Lerwick Harbour (HU44SE 32: centred HU 47722 41345). This takes the form of an extensive roadstead, comprising the waters of Bressay Sound between the narrow Northern entrance (around HU 475 445) and the broader Southern entrance (around HU 483 400). The main facilities are to be found around HU 477 414, on the W side of the Sound; recent development extends Northwards from this point.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 October 2007.
